RadBeacon Director vs Beacon Alert
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RadBeacon Director
Manage your Bluetooth proximity beacons with this fleet management application. Monitor beacon status, review configurations, and validate performance remotely. Keep your beacon network under control.
- Monitor beacon status
- Review beacon configuration
- Validate proximity performance
- Cloud service integration
- Fleet management
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RadBeacon Director is the beacon fleet management app for Radius Networks RadBeacon Bluetooth Smart proximity beacons. The RadBeacon Director app, working with the RadBeacon Director cloud service, enables you to: - Monitor the status of your beacons - Review the configuration of your beacons - Validate the proximity performance of your beacons With the RadBeacon Director app, you've got beacon fleet management under control.
Beacon Alert
This app allows you to manage multiple beacons and receive notifications when they enter or exit your proximity. It supports adding up to 20 beacons through in-app purchases.
- Manage multiple beacons
- Add up to 20 beacons
- Receive entry/exit notifications
- Beacon enabled device required
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Never lose track of what matters. Beacon Alert helps you monitor Bluetooth beacons and records where they were last seen. Receive alerts when a beacon disappears and quickly navigate back to its last known location. Perfect for keys, bags, equipment, pets, vehicles, and anything equipped with a compatible Bluetooth beacon. FEATURES • Monitor multiple beacons • Instant alerts when a beacon goes out of range • Notifications when a beacon returns nearby • Save the last known location automatically • View lost locations by beacon name • Rename and organize beacons • Open saved locations in Apple Maps or Google Maps • Background monitoring support • Clean and easy-to-use interface • Privacy focused — your data stays on your device BEACON ALERT PRO Unlock even more features with Beacon Alert Pro: • Unlimited saved beacons • Lost location history • Custom beacon names • Advanced notifications Beacon Alert is designed to help you find and recover important items faster and with confidence.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Beacon Alert at 100% against RadBeacon Director's 0%. Beacon Alert also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.0). RadBeacon Director's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 7 months vs every 48 months). On price, ratings volume, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Beacon Alert sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. RadBeacon Director asks for nothing beyond the download.
Beacon Alert holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of RadBeacon Director's written reviews are positive against 100% of Beacon Alert's.
RadBeacon Director ships an update every 7 months, Beacon Alert every 48 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RadBeacon Director | Beacon Alert |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months — better | Every 48 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Radius Networks | Carlos Chaparro |
Customer experience
RadBeacon Director
Beacon Alert
In-app purchases
RadBeacon Director
No in-app purchases
Beacon Alert
- Beacon Alert Pro$1.99
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